16 Amendments of Willem SCHUTH related to 2008/0103(CNS)
Amendment 137 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) The dismantling of bureaucracy in the agricultural sector should be pursued by means of transparent, simpler and less cumbersome legislation. Only by lower costs and less administrative effort can the Common Agricultural Policy help enterprising farmers to become competitive on globalised markets.
Amendment 144 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) Continuous efforts should be made towards achieving simplification, improvement and harmonisation of the cross-compliance system. The Commission should therefore present a report on the application of the cross- compliance system every two years.
Amendment 145 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 b (new)
Recital 2 b (new)
(2b) Reduced administrative burdens, harmonised checks, amalgamation of checks, including within the European institutions, and timely payments would increase the overall support among farmers for the cross-compliance system and thus increase the effectiveness of the policy.
Amendment 146 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 c (new)
Recital 2 c (new)
Amendment 147 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 d (new)
Recital 2 d (new)
(2d) Member States should ensure that farmers are not penalised twice (i.e. through the reduction or withholding of payments, as well as a fine following non- compliance with the relevant national legislation) for the same case of non- compliance.
Amendment 153 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) Since the existing milk quota system is due to expire on 31 March 2015 and is not intended to be replaced by other state schemes, the conditions should be created to enable the milk price in the European Union to be determined by supply and demand on the market by the end of the 2014-2015 milk year.
Amendment 156 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) In order to achieve a better balance between policy tools designed to promote sustainable agriculture and those designed to promote rural development, a system of compulsory progressive reduction of direct payments (“modulation”) was introduced by Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003. This system should be maintained at the current rate of 5 %, including the exemption of payments up to EUR 5000 from its application.
Amendment 206 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29 a (new)
Recital 29 a (new)
(29a) The cross-compliance system and/or the CAP is likely to require further adjustment in the future, as current payment levels do not always seem to be proportionate with the compliance efforts made by the farmers concerned, since payments still depend to a large extent on historic spending. Animal welfare legislation is obviously particularly burdensome for livestock farmers, something which is not reflected in the level of their payments. However, if imported products were to meet the same animal welfare standards, then there would be no need to compensate farmers for their compliance with Community legislation in this area. The Commission should therefore strive for recognition of the non-trade concerns as import criteria within the World Trade Organisation negotiations.
Amendment 271 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – Introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – Introductory part
1. Any amount of direct payments to be granted in a given calendar year to a farmer that exceeds EUR 5 000 shall be reduced for each year until 2012 by the following percentages:with 5 % until 2012.
Amendment 275 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 282 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 289 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 296 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 312 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Amendment 739 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 133 a (new)
Article 133 a (new)
Article 133a Study on costs of compliance The Commission shall execute a study assessing the actual costs for farmers stemming from complying with the EU's legislation in the fields of environment, animal welfare and food safety, and which go beyond the standards that import products are subject to. This legislation concerns among others the regulations and directives of Annex II underpinning the Cross Compliance system, as well as the standards defined as Good Agricultural and Environmental Condition (GAEC) of Annex III which is also part of the Cross Compliance requirements. The study shall assess the compliance costs as described above in all Member States, which might differ between Member States and even between regions within Member States following their differences in climatic, geological, production, economic and social features.
Amendment 761 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – line 5 – column 1
Annex III – line 5 – column 1